Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

The old man and his door | by Soto, Gary

One day, a man brings el puerto (a door) to the neighbor's barbeque instead of el puerco (a pig). On his way to the picnic, the door becomes very useful when he carries many things on it. Once he gets to the barbeque, his wife tells him about the pig and it is all a big joke.

Keywords: animals, attention, conflict resolution, food, helping, humor, language, listening, mexican, multicultural, neighbors, nutrition, pig, spanish, verbal communication

Lonesome lester | by Luttrell, Ida

Lester, the prairie dog, lives alone and often feels lonely. He does have various visitors - ants who eat his food, Aunt Martha who waxes his whole house without asking, and finally a nice, respectful mother rabbit and her baby. Lester discovers the difference between good and bad company and how to be peacefully alone and satisfied.

Keywords: animals, ant, assertiveness, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, discovery, feelings, food, happiness, insects, loneliness, neighbors, nutrition, peace, peer resistance, prairie dog, rabbit, stress management

Alligator arrived with apples: A potluck alphabet feast | by Dragonwagon, Crescent

It is a Thanksgiving feast and animals from all the letters of the alphabet bring all kinds of food to the potluck. The alligator brings apples, a bear brings bread and butter, and the cat comes with cherry cobbler.

Keywords: alphabet, animals, celebration, food, holidays, nutrition, rhyme, sequence, thanksgiving

We're growing together | by Ransom, Candice F.

Candice's mother marries Howard and they move to a new house. When Candice asks how long they will live there, Howard replies forever and she wonders how long that is. One day Candice realizes how long forever is.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, birthday, car, cat, change, christmas, conflict resolution, cow, exercise, family, farm, feelings, food, garden, grandparents, holidays, marriage, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, pig, plants, relationship, seasons, self esteem, spring, stars, stress management, summer, transportation, valentine's day, verbal communication, walking

The awful aardvarks shop for school | by Lindbergh, Reeve

This morning the aardvarks are going to the mall for back-to-school shopping. They have a list prepared for backpacks, lunch boxes, school supplies, and more. However, while following their list, they continue to add new items, making for a crazy and chaotic day.

Keywords: aardvark, animals, autumn, bear, behavior, books, chaos, clothing, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, food, glasses, misbehavior, nutrition, rabbit, rhinoceros, rhyme, running, school, shopping, skating, skiing, sports, worry

The great gum drop | by Hoban, Russell

Three boys imagined that they were deep sea diving. The oldest boy wants a gum drop, but the middle boy would not share. While they were fighting, the other boy took all the gumdrops and ate them. Finally on the way back home, they all made up and had dinner with their parents.

Keywords: anger, argument, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, food, imagination, nutrition, parents, play, recreation, sharing, siblings, verbal communication

Where the wild things are | by Sendak, Maurice

Max gets sent to his room without dinner. There he dreams about a new world of his own where he sails to an island and becomes the king of all the beasts. After all of his fun frolicking with the beasts, he comes home where a hot meal is waiting for him.

Keywords: anger, disobedience, dreams, fantasy, fear, feelings, food, imagination, loneliness, monsters, nonverbal communication, nutrition, refusal skills, royalty, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Stone soup | by Ross, Tony

A wolf goes to a hen's house to eat her up. She tells him she will make him some Stone Soup first. While she makes the soup and he waits, she has him do her chores. Finally, he realizes that she tricks him and he leaves.

Keywords: anger, animals, birds, chicken, critical thinking, deception, decision making, feelings, food, nutrition, verbal communication, wolf

Nicolas, where have you been? | by Lionni, Leo

The field mice and birds compete for the bright red berries. The birds usually get the berries first and this angers the mice, especially Nicolas. One day, Nicolas is swooped up by a big, mean bird and dropped into a nest of nice birds that bring him berries and they share stories. He returns to tell the other mice that not all birds are bad.

Keywords: acceptance, anger, animals, appreciation, bias, birds, change, conflict resolution, cooperation, food, friendship, mouse, nutrition, prejudice, sharing, stereotypes, verbal communication

Raising yoder's barn | by Yolen, Jane

A boy and his family lose their barn to a fire but their Amish community works together to raise the barn again.

Keywords: accidents, amish, author's note, barn, communication, community, conflict resolution, construction, cooperation, family, farm, feelings, fire, food, goal setting, helping, lightning, nutrition, prayer, pride, religion, verbal communication, weather, work

The scrambled states of america | by Keller, Laurie

The fifty states decide to hold a party so that they can meet the other states in the country. The states decide that they are bored with their places on the map and want to switch to new locations. At first, everything is new and exciting, but eventually the states realize where they really belong.

Keywords: alphabet, american, assertiveness, bodies of water, boredom, colors, counting, critical thinking, dancing, feelings, food, friendship, geography, goal setting, maps, morning, music, nutrition, party, shapes, storytelling, verbal communication, weather

Love as strong as ginger | by Look, Lenore

While her mother and father go to work in Chinatown, a young girl learns how to make rice dumplings and crab and shrimp soup with her grandma. They then take a bus to Grandma's work where she cracks crabs in a factory for a few pennies per day. Grandma prepares a crab meal at the end of a hard working day, made with love as strong as ginger.

Keywords: ambition, bus, chinese, chinese american, crab, crustaceans, english, family, food, friendship, goal setting, grandparents, immigrants, language, money, multicultural, nutrition, respect, responsibilities, transportation, work

Pierrot's abc garden | by Lobel, Anita

Pierrot is a lonely clown who decides to visit his friend, Pierrette. He decides to get a basket and take her several things from his garden. Each item begins with a different letter from the alphabet.

Keywords: alphabet, clowns, dreams, food, garden, goal setting, happiness, loneliness, nonverbal communication, nutrition, picnic, pig, reunion, sequence, sheep, stress management, verbal communication, zebra

A apple pie | by Greenaway, Kate

This alphabet book discusses several actions that are done with an apple pie (e.g., I jumped for it).

Keywords: alphabet, assertiveness, food, nutrition, sequence, verbal communication

Alphabet soup: A feast of letters | by Gustafson, Scott

Otter has a housewarming party and invites twenty-six friends to create a potluck soup. Each animal and a food represents a letter from the alphabet. For example, N-Newt was a nearby neighbor, who brought a net full of ninety-nine noodles.

Keywords: alphabet, celebration, community, food, neighbors, nutrition, party, sequence

Eating the alphabet: Fruits and vegetables from a to z | by Ehlert, Lois

There are fruits and vegetables from A-Z. A is for apple, asparagus, avocado, apricot and artichoke. B is for brussel sprout, bean, blueberry, broccoli and banana.

Keywords: alphabet, food, nutrition

Everyday abc | by Williams, Jenny

There are many kinds of food that can be used to teach the alphabet. For example, E is for egg, M is for milk, O is for orange, and V is for vegetables.

Keywords: alphabet, food, nutrition, sequence

An edible alphabet | by Christensen, Bonnie

Each letter of the alphabet is described using a type of food or plant. The pictures of this book are clear and vivid.

Keywords: alphabet, author's note, food, garden, nutrition, plants, sequence

Alice and aldo | by Lester, Alison

During their day, Alice and Aldo work their way through the alphabet. They do all kinds of fun things like quacking with the ducks, making milkshakes, and swinging over the flowers. By the end of the day Alice and Aldo are ready for bed.

Keywords: alphabet, animals, art, cat, clothing, counting, dancing, duck, family, flowers, food, helping, horse, numbers, nutrition, parents, play, pretend, rabbit, responsibilities, sequence, sleep, telephone, water, whale

Potluck | by Shelby, Anne

Alpha and Betty plan a potluck dinner and invite all their friends. Each person brings a different type of food. Acton brings asparagus, Ben brings bagels, Don brings dumplings and there are many more.

Keywords: african american, alphabet, asian american, celebration, chinese, food, friendship, multicultural, nutrition, party

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